Coleen Rooney vs Rebekah Vardy The Battle of the WAGs Staying with the theme of football, this week, there was an escalation in the dispute between Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy on Wednesday, when the latter began a court action suing Coleen for defamation of character.  The two wives of high profile footballers were formerly […]

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Marcus Rashford “This is not about politics; this is about humanity” ~ Marcus Rashford Young footballer Marcus Rashford, aged only 22, procured a stunning U-turn from the government this week, on behalf of children living on the breadline.  The government had refused to extend lunch vouchers through the summer holiday for schoolchildren who needed them.  […]

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Vera Lynn (1917 – 2020) Dame Vera Lynn, a mainstay of the second world war died this week aged 103.  What a unique role she played, sustaining people through her voice! Birth Chart With 6 of her 10 planets of water, and Sun in Pisces, she conveyed emotion in her voice, an important resource for […]

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J.K. Rowling A week ago, J.K. Rowling became embroiled in a controversy with the transgender community over remarks she had made.  A few days later, she defended her own comments with the revelation that she had experienced domestic violence in her first marriage, and also sexual abuse in her life. Birth Chart The Sun in […]

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Normal People The TV series “Normal People” has been a five-starred television hit during this lockdown period.  Written by Sally Rooney, it tells the story of an intense first love, set in the Irish educational system, including at Trinity College Dublin where Sally Rooney gained her own degrees.  I find myself reading her first book […]

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Tim Brooke-Taylor (1940 – 2020) Comedian Tim Brooke-Taylor died last Sunday, 12th April, the same day as motor-racer Stirling Moss and footballer Peter Bonetti.  He died, at the age of 79, as a result of complications from the coronavirus. Birth Chart Tim had the Sun conjunct Chiron in Cancer, depicting a kind, caring healer of […]

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Julie Felix (1938 – 2020) Folk singer Julie Felix, who died this week, was prominent in the culture of the late 1960s, and continued working into her 80s. Birth Chart As a Gemini, she stayed “Forever Young”, which is the title of one of the songs she covered from fellow Geminian Bob Dylan.  The Sun […]

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Billie Eilish I don’t keep up with modern music, and the mysteries of hip hop and rap, but watched some of the Brits last week, and found some of the characters interesting.  Lewis Capaldi’s song “Someone You Loved” deserved the award for Best Song, for its melody, lyrics and delivery.  The week before, Nicola Roberts […]

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Kirk Douglas (1916 -2020) Actor Kirk Douglas, who died this week at the grand old age of 103, is being hailed as one of the last stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood.  With his strikingly chiselled features, dimpled chin and piercing eyes, he put in some mesmerizing performances, in an output of more than […]

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Nicholas Parsons (1923 – 2020) Someone asked me this week if I would be writing about Nicholas Parsons, or Kobe Bryant, as obituaries of the week.  I really couldn’t decide.  So I have decided to write about both: one a nonagenarian, and one taken in his prime. Birth Chart We do not have a birth […]

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